The Way of Kings by Louise Searl5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Her intensive fieldwork (including making the pilgrimage several times herself) provides a colorful portrayal of the pilgrimage while revealing a spectrum of hopes, discontents, and desires among its participants, many of whom feel estranged from society. Eschewing comfortable methods of travel, they choose physically demanding journeys, some as long as four months, in order to experience nature, enjoy cultural and historical patrimony, renew faith, or cope with personal trauma.įrey's anthropological study focuses on the remarkable reanimation of the Road that has gained momentum since the 1980s. James attracts an ecumenical mix of largely well-educated, urban middle-class participants. ![]() Unlike the religiously-oriented pilgrims who visit Marian shrines such as Lourdes, the modern Road of St. These modern-day pilgrims and the role of the pilgrimage in their lives are the subject of Nancy Louise Frey's fascinating book. Their destination is Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of the apostle James are said to be buried. ![]() Each year thousands of men and women from more than sixty countries journey by foot and bicycle across northern Spain, following the medieval pilgrimage road known as the Camino de Santiago. ![]()
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